Subjective social status and common mental disorders in the Swedish working population: gender and age differences in longitudinal associations

Occupational level was the most important predictor of subjective social status across groups, and subjective social status predicted common mental disorder, even after adjusting for socioeconomic status indicators. Changes in subjective social status affected young working women's depressive symptoms in particular, while older workers showed an association between subjective social status and symptoms of sleep disturbances.